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a list of stuff to look at later
~City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920 By: Timothy J. Gilfoyle
http://www.amazon.com/City-Eros-Prostitution-Commercialization-1790-1920/dp/0393311082/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295907681&sr=8-1
(I love Timothy J. Gilfoyle’s work)
~A Traffic of Dead Bodies: Anatomy and Embodied Social Identity in Nineteenth-Century America By: Michael Sappol
http://www.amazon.com/Traffic-Dead-Bodies-Embodied-Nineteenth-Century/dp/0691118752/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295908123&sr=1-1
~The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York By: Matthew Goodman
http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Moon-Remarkable-Journalists-Nineteenth-Century/dp/B0023RSZPA/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1295908182&sr=1-1
~The Flash Press: Sporting Male Weeklies in 1840s New York (Historical Studies of Urban America) By: Patricia Cline Cohen, Timothy J. Gilfoyle, and Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Press-Sporting-Weeklies-Historical/dp/0226112349/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1295907681&sr=8-4
~A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York By: Timothy J. Gilfoyle
http://www.amazon.com/Pickpockets-Tale-Underworld-Nineteenth-Century-York/dp/0393329895/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1295907681&sr=8-3
~Fashions of the Gilded Age, Volume 1: Undergarments, Bodices, Skirts, Overskirts, Polonaises, and Day Dresses 1877-1882 by: Frances Grimble
http://www.amazon.com/Fashions-Gilded-Age-Undergarments-Overskirts/dp/0963651757/ref=pd_cp_b_1
~Victorian Costume for Ladies by: Linda Setnik
http://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Costume-Ladies-Linda-Setnik/dp/0764310542/ref=pd_sim_b_35
~Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail by: Lucy Johnston
http://www.amazon.com/Nineteenth-Century-Fashion-Detail-Johnston/dp/1851775722/ref=pd_sim_b_20
~Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey by: Alison Gernsheim
http://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Edwardian-Fashion-Photographic-Survey/dp/0486242056/ref=pd_sim_b_12
~New York in the 19th Century (Dover Pictorial Archives) by: John Grafton
http://www.amazon.com/York-Century-Dover-Pictorial-Archives/dp/0486235165/ref=sr_1_38?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292183866&sr=1-38
~A Respectable Woman: The Public Roles of African American Women in 19th-Century New York by: Jane Dabel http://www.amazon.com/Respectable-Woman-African-American-19th-Century/dp/0814720110/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292183688&sr=1-12
~Five Points: The 19th Century New York City Neighborhood that Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum by: Tyler Anbinder
http://www.amazon.com/Five-Points-Neighborhood-Elections-Notorious/dp/143914155X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292183688&sr=1-4
~The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by: Sam Kean
http://www.amazon.com/Disappearing-Spoon-Madness-Periodic-Elements/dp/0316051640/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b
~Boss Tweed's New York by: Seymour J. Mandelbaum
http://www.amazon.com/Boss-Tweeds-York-Dimensions-History/dp/0929587200/ref=sr_1_68?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292369826&sr=1-68
~The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850-1896 by: Sven Beckert
http://www.amazon.com/Monied-Metropolis-Consolidation-Bourgeoisie-1850-1896/dp/0521524105/ref=sr_1_87?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292370448&sr=1-87
~Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924 by: Deborah Hopkinson
http://www.amazon.com/Shutting-Out-Sky-Tenements-1880-1924/dp/0439375908/ref=sr_1_66?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292369826&sr=1-66
~All Around the Town: The Sequel to the Gangs of New York by: Herbert Asbury
http://www.amazon.com/All-Around-Town-Sequel-Gangs/dp/1560255218/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292784657&sr=1-2
~The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld (Vintage) [Paperback] by: Herbert Asbury
http://www.amazon.com/Gangs-New-York-Informal-Underworld/dp/0307388980/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292784657&sr=1-1
~The American Slang Dictionary from 1890 by: James Maitland
http://www.amazon.com/American-Slang-Dictionary-1890/dp/1449519776/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292784550&sr=1-9
~Strange Talk: The Politics of Dialect Literature in Gilded Age America by: Gavin Jones
http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Talk-Politics-Dialect-Literature/dp/0520214218/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292784550&sr=1-11
~City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920 By: Timothy J. Gilfoyle
http://www.amazon.com/City-Eros-Prostitution-Commercialization-1790-1920/dp/0393311082/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295907681&sr=8-1
(I love Timothy J. Gilfoyle’s work)
~A Traffic of Dead Bodies: Anatomy and Embodied Social Identity in Nineteenth-Century America By: Michael Sappol
http://www.amazon.com/Traffic-Dead-Bodies-Embodied-Nineteenth-Century/dp/0691118752/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1295908123&sr=1-1
~The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York By: Matthew Goodman
http://www.amazon.com/Sun-Moon-Remarkable-Journalists-Nineteenth-Century/dp/B0023RSZPA/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1295908182&sr=1-1
~The Flash Press: Sporting Male Weeklies in 1840s New York (Historical Studies of Urban America) By: Patricia Cline Cohen, Timothy J. Gilfoyle, and Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Press-Sporting-Weeklies-Historical/dp/0226112349/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1295907681&sr=8-4
~A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York By: Timothy J. Gilfoyle
http://www.amazon.com/Pickpockets-Tale-Underworld-Nineteenth-Century-York/dp/0393329895/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1295907681&sr=8-3
~Fashions of the Gilded Age, Volume 1: Undergarments, Bodices, Skirts, Overskirts, Polonaises, and Day Dresses 1877-1882 by: Frances Grimble
http://www.amazon.com/Fashions-Gilded-Age-Undergarments-Overskirts/dp/0963651757/ref=pd_cp_b_1
~Victorian Costume for Ladies by: Linda Setnik
http://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Costume-Ladies-Linda-Setnik/dp/0764310542/ref=pd_sim_b_35
~Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail by: Lucy Johnston
http://www.amazon.com/Nineteenth-Century-Fashion-Detail-Johnston/dp/1851775722/ref=pd_sim_b_20
~Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey by: Alison Gernsheim
http://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Edwardian-Fashion-Photographic-Survey/dp/0486242056/ref=pd_sim_b_12
~New York in the 19th Century (Dover Pictorial Archives) by: John Grafton
http://www.amazon.com/York-Century-Dover-Pictorial-Archives/dp/0486235165/ref=sr_1_38?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292183866&sr=1-38
~A Respectable Woman: The Public Roles of African American Women in 19th-Century New York by: Jane Dabel http://www.amazon.com/Respectable-Woman-African-American-19th-Century/dp/0814720110/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292183688&sr=1-12
~Five Points: The 19th Century New York City Neighborhood that Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum by: Tyler Anbinder
http://www.amazon.com/Five-Points-Neighborhood-Elections-Notorious/dp/143914155X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292183688&sr=1-4
~The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by: Sam Kean
http://www.amazon.com/Disappearing-Spoon-Madness-Periodic-Elements/dp/0316051640/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b
~Boss Tweed's New York by: Seymour J. Mandelbaum
http://www.amazon.com/Boss-Tweeds-York-Dimensions-History/dp/0929587200/ref=sr_1_68?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292369826&sr=1-68
~The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850-1896 by: Sven Beckert
http://www.amazon.com/Monied-Metropolis-Consolidation-Bourgeoisie-1850-1896/dp/0521524105/ref=sr_1_87?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292370448&sr=1-87
~Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924 by: Deborah Hopkinson
http://www.amazon.com/Shutting-Out-Sky-Tenements-1880-1924/dp/0439375908/ref=sr_1_66?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292369826&sr=1-66
~All Around the Town: The Sequel to the Gangs of New York by: Herbert Asbury
http://www.amazon.com/All-Around-Town-Sequel-Gangs/dp/1560255218/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292784657&sr=1-2
~The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld (Vintage) [Paperback] by: Herbert Asbury
http://www.amazon.com/Gangs-New-York-Informal-Underworld/dp/0307388980/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292784657&sr=1-1
~The American Slang Dictionary from 1890 by: James Maitland
http://www.amazon.com/American-Slang-Dictionary-1890/dp/1449519776/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292784550&sr=1-9
~Strange Talk: The Politics of Dialect Literature in Gilded Age America by: Gavin Jones
http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Talk-Politics-Dialect-Literature/dp/0520214218/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292784550&sr=1-11